Dahill Road & Avenue C

Dahill Road and Avenue C meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 179 Kensington is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue C · B67, B69
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dahill Road & Avenue C Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,100 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue C, 310 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue C B67, B69
    310 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ave C & McDonald Ave 16 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue C

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue C

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Dahill Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    390 feet
  2. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    850 feet
  2. Gan Yisroel School
    1,050 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    1,170 feet
  4. Kochavim School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    680 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue C or Dahill Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.